Product Development Associate — Launch & Growth

SupportFinity™; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 54,400 - 97,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Employee stock purchase program

Paid time off

Job summary

SharkNinja seeks a motivated product development/marketing professional to manage new product launches, guide line extensions, and improvements across portfolio growth stages. You will conduct market analysis, coordinate cross-functional teams, and support retail merchandising and digital content strategies to drive profitable growth.

In this role you will collaborate with product managers on launch plans, create in-box materials, and track performance to identify optimization opportunities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in Engineering, Business, Management, Communications, or Marketing Concentrations.
• 1+ years of experience in product development/marketing preferably at a consumer goods company.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint; knowledge of SharePoint a plus.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven, high impact environment.
• Strong verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.
• Resourceful, well organized, highly dependable, efficient and detail oriented.
• Ability to be a team player as well as work independently.

Responsibilities

• Assist with product management activities for new product launches, product improvements, optimizations, and line extensions.
• Support product lines through the growth, active, and end of life stages by providing cross-functional support to resolve product, quality, manufacturing and customer challenges.
• Assist in the creation/management of merchandising, training, digital content support and execution at retail.
• Conduct market research to identify consumer needs and market gaps and analyze the competitive landscape.
• Track product performance, communicate key learnings and developments to appropriate work flows for action.
• Evaluate product optimization and improvement opportunities for cost and consumer impact.
• Work closely with cross-functional teammates to convey the strategic vision and goals for the product line.
• Maximize the value of product line and align with cross-functional teams to ensure successful positioning in the marketplace.
• Work with Product Managers for program launch and execution analysis while maintaining proper feedback to close open initiatives.
• Manage the creation and execution of product support material, such as, in-box collateral, FAQ’s, How to Videos and Troubleshooting scripts for online resources and the call center agents.
• Manage the product development of all domestic SKU extensions and work cross functionally to ensure production deadlines are successfully executed.
• Work cross functionally to establish value engineering and cost down initiatives.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent experience) in Engineering, Business, Management, Communications, or Marketing Concentrations

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

SharkNinja seeks a motivated product development/marketing professional to manage new product launches, guide line extensions, and improvements across portfolio growth stages. You will conduct market analysis, coordinate cross-functional teams, and support retail merchandising and digital content strategies to drive profitable growth.

In this role you will collaborate with product managers on launch plans, create in-box materials, and track performance to identify optimization opportunities